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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

2021 ReSAKSS Conference

Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19

November 15 to 17, 2021

  • 7:00 – 10:30 am (America/New_York)
  • 1:00 – 4:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:30 – 9:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the virtual 2021 ReSAKSS Conference. AKADEMIYA2063, in partnership with African Union Commission (AUC), is convening this annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on African food systems and policy options to ensure recovery and strengthen resilience to future shocks. This year’s conference theme is “Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19.”

Plenary Session II– Impacts of COVID-19 on African Economies: Assessing the Vulnerability of African Countries to COVID-19 (November 15, 2021 — 9:05 – 9:35am EST)

Plenary Session III– Responses of African Countries to COVID-19 and Social Protection: Delivery of Social Protection Programs to Combat COVID-19 in Africa (November 16, 2021 — 7:10 – 7:50 am EST)

Plenary Session III– Responses of African Countries to COVID-19 and Social Protection: Panel Discussion (November 16, 2021 — 7:50 – 8:20am EST)

Plenary Session IV–Measurement Issues: Panel Discussion (November 16, 2021 — 9:35 – 10:05 am EST)

Plenary Session V–Progress Toward Achieving CAADP Goals: Panel Discussion (November 17, 2021 – 7:30 – 8:00 am EST)